A list box represents the list of all the values of a specific field. Selecting a value in list box highlights the related values in other sheet objects. This helps in faster visual analysis. It is also very useful to follow a drill down path among various sheet objects. It also has a search feature, which allows to search for specific values in the list box which is very helpful for a very long list of values.

Input Data

Let us consider the following input data, which represents the sales figure of different product lines and product categories.

Product_Line,Product_category,Value

Sporting Goods,Outdoor Recreation,5642

Food, Beverages & Tobacco,2514

Apparel & Accessories,Clothing,2365

Apparel & Accessories,Costumes & Accessories,4487

Sporting Goods,Athletics,812

Health & Beauty,Personal Care,6912

Arts & Entertainment,Hobbies & Creative Arts,5201

Arts & Entertainment,Paintings,8451

Arts & Entertainment,Musical Instruments,1245

Hardware,Tool Accessories,456

Home & Garden,Bathroom Accessories,241

Food,Drinks,1247

Home & Garden,Lawn & Garden,5462

Office Supplies,Presentation Supplies,577

Hardware,Blocks,548

Baby & Toddler,Diapering,1247

Baby & Toddler,Toys,257

Home & Garden,Pipes,1241

Office Supplies,Display Board,2177

Load Script

The above data is loaded to QlikView memory by using the script editor. Open the Script editor from the File menu or press Control+E. Choose the Table Files option from the Data from Files tab and browse for the file containing the above data. Edit the load script to add the following code. Click OK and click Control+R to load the data into QlikView’s memory.

LOAD Product_Line,

     Product_category,

     Value

FROM

[C:\Qlikview\data\product_sales.csv]

(txt, codepage is 1252, embedded labels, delimiter is ',', msq);

Creating List Box

Creation of List Box involves navigating through menu Layout → New Sheet Object → List Box. The following screen shows these steps.

Next, we choose Product category as the field on which we build the list box.

List Box Data

Finishing the above steps brings the following screen, which shows the values of Product category as a list box.

Search Option in List Box

When the List Box contains very large number of values, it is difficult to scroll down and look for it. So the search box at the top of the list box can be used to type the search string. The relevant values appear as soon as the first letter is typed.

List Box and Association

Other Sheet Objects automatically get associated with the List Box and the association is easily observed by selecting values form the list box.

QlikView – Multi Box

A Multi Box represents the list of all the values from multiple fields as drop down values. Similar to list box, the selection of a value in Multi Box highlights the related values in other sheet objects. This helps in faster visual analysis. It is also very useful to follow a drill down path among various sheet objects.

Input Data

Let us consider the following input data, which represents the sales figure of different product lines and product categories.

Product_Line,Product_category,Value

Sporting Goods,Outdoor Recreation,5642

Food, Beverages & Tobacco,2514

Apparel & Accessories,Clothing,2365

Apparel & Accessories,Costumes & Accessories,4487

Sporting Goods,Athletics,812

Health & Beauty,Personal Care,6912

Arts & Entertainment,Hobbies & Creative Arts,5201

Arts & Entertainment,Paintings,8451

Arts & Entertainment,Musical Instruments,1245

Hardware,Tool Accessories,456

Home & Garden,Bathroom Accessories,241

Food,Drinks,1247

Home & Garden,Lawn & Garden,5462

Office Supplies,Presentation Supplies,577

Hardware,Blocks,548

Baby & Toddler,Diapering,1247

Baby & Toddler,Toys,257

Home & Garden,Pipes,1241

Office Supplies,Display Board,2177

Load Script

LOAD Product_Line,

     Product_category,

     Value

FROM

[C:\Qlikview\data\product_sales.csv]

(txt, codepage is 1252, embedded labels, delimiter is ',', msq);

Creating Multi Box

Creation of Multi Box involves navigating through menu Layout → New Sheet Object → Multi Box. The following screen shows these steps.

Next we choose the fields of the Products sales tables to build the Multi Box.

Multi Box Data

Finishing the above steps brings the following screen, which shows the values of Product category as a Multi box.

Multi Box and Association

Other Sheet Objects automatically get associated with the Multi Box and the association is easily observed by selecting values from the Multi Box.

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Various QlikView Products

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QlikView Data File Types: QVD, QVX
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Basic Charts
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